Chest and table



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

G. W. ZEIGLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CHEST AND TABLE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 49,821, datedSeptember 5, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G. W. ZEIGLER, of the city and county of St. Louis,and State of Missouri, have invented a new Kitchen Ohest and Table; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompa nying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon and made to form a partof this specification.

Figures l, 2, and 3 of the drawings are perspective views of the samechest in different positions.

This invention consists in making a chest which is subdivided into twoor more compartments, which will serve as flour-bins for so manydifferent kinds of flour, the lid of the chest being made of twothicknesses hinged together and fastened to the chest in a peculiarmanner, as hereinafter described, the said lid forming, when in itsdifferent positions, simply a lid for the chest, or a dough-kneadingboard, or a kitchen-table.

When the chest is closed, as in Fig. l, the lids c b cover squarely overthe box A, and the upper side of the lid c, as well as the whole oftheoutersideof thechest,maybe neatly painted. A hasp, c, attached to thelid a, may be thrown over the staple d, and thereby secured to the chestby means of a padlock, c. A staple similar to the one marked d issecured to the backside ofthe chest for the purpose of locking the lid adown when the lids are as shown in Fig. 2, but this latter staple is notshown in the drawings. The two lids a b are hinged together with thebutt-hinges c e, and the lid c is hinged to the box A by means of themetallic straps ff, the lower ends of which are pivoted to the chest insuch a position as to bring the lid a squarely over the chest when thelids are closed, whether the lid a or the lid b be on top, as is shownin Fig. 1 and in the red lines in Fig. 2.

There are two slides, g g, arranged to slide into recesses made in theupper part ofthe box when not needed, and when they are to be used theycan be drawn yout by means ot' the rings attached to their outer ends,and when they are out, as shown in Fig. 3, they will serve to supportone orboth the lids,as shown in Fig. 2.

When the lids arearranged as shown in Fig. 2 they will serve as a largekitchen-table, and when they are thrown over, as shown by the red linesin the same figure, the upper lid will serves as a bread-kneading board,which will be convenient to the then open our-bins ot' the chest. Inthis position the upper surface of the lids may be defaced by sharpinstruments in the cutting of meats, vegetables, &c., and this will notdeface the chest, as this surface of the lids passes underneath when thechest is closed.

The interior ofthe chest may be divided into two or more compartments,so as to keep a variety of ilour within the same chest.

There may be two or more drawers, H I, which will serve to contain othernecessary articles for the culinary department.

In case the box cannot be kept contiguous to the side ot' a room, whenthe wall will serve to support the open lids, they may be thrown clearback, when the straps ffwill rest against the pins i i, as shown in Fig.3.

Having described my invention, I claim- The double lids ci b, the samebeing hinged together at c c, and the lid c, hinged to the box A bymeans of the straps ff, so that in one position c and b only serve as alid to the chest, so that when in` another position c and b and thechest form a kitchen-table, and in a third position the same form adough-kneading board arranged and constructed as hereinbefore set forth.

G. W. ZEIGLER.

Witnesses:

M. RANDOLPH, A. WAGNER.

